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(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – Feb. 13, 2019 – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Joshua Shane Burnette (age 33) of  Goose Creek, SC, on 10 charges connected to the sexual exploitation of a minor.  Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Goose Creek Police Department made the arrest.  Investigators with the Attorney General’s Office, also a member of the state’s ICAC Task Force, assisted with this investigation.   Investigators state Burnette distributed and possessed files of child pornography.     Burnette was arrested on February 11, 2019.  He is charged with three counts of sexual exploitation of a…

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – Feb. 13, 2019 – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Samuel Coffey (age 47) of  Columbia, SC, on two charges connected to the sexual exploitation of a minor.  Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Richland County Sheriff’s Office made the arrest.  Investigators with the York County Sheriff’s, also a member of the state’s ICAC Task Force, and the San Francisco (CA) Police Department, assisted with this investigation.   Investigators state Coffey distributed child pornography.     Coffey was arrested on February 6, 2019.  He is charged with two counts of sexual exploitation…